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South Africa's first black billionaire Patrice Motsepe has invested in TymeDigital, an online lender that has recently been awarded an operating license by the South African Reserve Bank.

We're always encouraged to do more--to learn, succeed and earn more. But sometimes, you have to relax to reach your fullest potential.

Just because you've got a diploma doesn't mean your education is finished.

A background in communications is not typical for tech founders, but top leaders have never underestimated the importance of good PR skills. In fact, David Cameron was a PR man before running for UK Prime Minister.

Amazon is updating its Lumberyard tools for game developers. The engine is adding dozens of new features to improve animations, nonphotorealistic visuals, and more. Lumberyard is Amazon’s biggest gaming project. The co...

GUEST: There is a disturbing movement among technology companies today. Many claim to be using artificial intelligence in one way or another, but more often than not, these claims are a massive exaggeration. This may be ...

There are many great reasons to work from home. Best of all, you can create a workspace that is customized to meet your needs. Here are seven tips for designing your home office.

The Rwandan government has auctioned a prestigious shopping mall in Kigali belonging to Tobacco tycoon Tribert Rujigiro Ayabatwa.

GUEST: Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin and TrueBit founder Jason Teusch recently proposed a new way to run an ICO. Does it work? Possibly. Is it made for human beings? Therein lies the rub. Here's the problem they're at...

By coming together under a common banner, distributors and manufacturers become a part of an eCommerce platform that has essentially been built with them and their customers in mind. This business model seems to be the b...

GUEST: The automotive industry is no stranger to drastic changes, but none have been quite as divisive — or potentially game-changing — as the ongoing development of autonomous vehicles. Up to this point, much of the...

A recap of what took place this week in the credit card and payment industries

Before spending a ton of time and money perfecting your product or offering, validate your assumptions through prototyping. Not sure how? I'll show you five easy ways to get started.

Advice for boomers and Gen Xers who run a small business and want to better market to the Millennial generation of people in their 20s and 30s.

As National Recovery Month comes to an end, national leaders identify top priorities to advance the recovery movement into a another year of action and life-saving work.

VB EVENT: Our VB Summit, which is all about the best business cases we can find in artificial intelligence, is quickly approaching: October 23 and 24 in Berkeley, California. The event is invite-only. But we’re publicl...

President Trump promised that the rich would not enjoy a tax cut under his recently released tax plan. A study by the Tax Policy Center , however, finds that 50% of the $2.5 trillion in tax cuts provided by the proposal ...

Over the past year, Chicagoland has seen an uptick in the number of venture-backed insurance tech startups. Some of them provide comprehensive insurance, while others simplify only one part of the process. But regardless...

Millennial entrepreneurship is not happening at the rate we need it to. And if we can't build it here, we may have to import it. But are immigrants still that into America?

President Trump is in the process of attempting to get yet another of his programs put in place. This time it is his tax plan. It has some good, some bad, and some ugly.

Tencent has not invested in Bluehole Studio, the company that makes PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. News reports out of South Korea yesterday claimed that Tencent had acquired a 5 percent stake in the PUBG developer, bu...

OPINION: This was a busy week for Twitter. The company made major headlines at least three times — and as is often the case, the first of the three received the least attention. Twitter’s decision to update its publi...